Fortified villages At the time when the boat was sacrificed in the bog at Hjortspring, the first fortified villages appeared. At Borremose in Himmerland and Lyngsmose at Ringkøbing villages have been excavated that show traces of the conflicts of the Iron Age. Both settlements were protected by a defensive ditch. The ditch was densely packed with stakes of oak that had been hammered into the bottom. [...] “Caesar’s lilies’. Aerial photo of the fortified settlement in Borremose, Himmerland. A reconstruction of the spikes at the bottom of the moat on Lyngsmose settlement. A plan showing the fortified settlement
bog afterwards, which points toward a sacrifice or another ritual act rather than an attack. Several bog bodies were found in Borremose in Himmerland, including this woman who ended up in the bog in the Pre-Roman Iron Age. The body of a man was found in Borremose in Himmerland in 1946. He was laid bare in the bog. The rope around his neck testify that he was hanged. The found is dated Pre-Roman Iron Age.
from other Danish bog finds. This applies to, amongst others, the bodies from Elling and Borremose, and the famous Tollund Man. Thus there are strong indications that the woman from Huldremose did not die of natural
which were strung on a string. The skin fragment can either come from fur clothing or from a skin bag. The find is dated to 3000 BC. Fur cape made of sheepskin, found in Borremose in Northern Jutland. The cape
